ECHO MOUNTAIN GRIZZLY 235 
pled grizzly was living up to the reputation of 
the species for curiosity. A moment later she 
disappeared behind a boulder. With his field 
glasses he could still see her shadow. This 
showed her standing behind the boulder with 
her one forepaw resting against it and peeping 
from behind it. 
That autumn a trapper out for pine martens 
saw the Echo Mountain grizzly and her cubs. 
He reported her a great traveller; said that she 
ranged all over her large and rugged Rocky 
Mountain territory. Her tracks were seen on 
the summit of the range and she occasionally 
visited the other side of the divide. Perhaps 
she felt that an intimate knowledge of the re- 
gion was necessary for a crippled bear in meeting 
emergencies. This knowledge certainly would 
be valuable to her in making her living and a 
marked advantage if pursued. 
This rugged scenic mountain wilderness now 
is a part of the Rocky Mountain National Park. 
It must have been a wonderland for the child- 
like cubs. In the lower part of this territory 
are a number of moraines, great hills, and ridges 
covered with grass and dotted with pines. 
There are many poetic beaver ponds. The mid- 
dle slopes are black with a spruce forest and 
cut with a number of cafions in which clear 
streams roar. Up at eleven thousand feet the 
